eCrypt Technologies (OTC BB: ECRY) and MCW Energy Group (TSXV: MCW) Lead the Top Sector Gainers

eCrypt Technologies Inc (OTC BB: ECRY) and MCW Energy Group Ltd (TSXV: MCW), lead the top small cap stock gainers for various sectors on both sides of the border, including one that saw its share price surge 151%.

Top U.S. Gainer

eCrypt Technologies Inc (OTC BB: ECRY), engaged in developing and marketing software that encrypts emails sent to and from a popular personal data assistant, was the top performer in the U.S. technology sector after skyrocketing 150.5% and closed at $0.33 Friday, while recording significant trading volumes of 29.3 million shares. ECRY breached all of its key technical resistance levels of 30-Day, 50-Day and 200-Day DMAs at $0.14, $0.14 & $0.15 respectively. Recently, Cicada Security Technology Inc. (CST) announced with its marketing alliance partner Ecrypt Technologies, Inc. (OTC BB: ECRY), the addition of Cicada II to its Cicada line of data privacy technologies, which would empower ECRY to deliver an enhanced security visibility by assuring that the data secured by ECRY is protected against exposure due to all levels of threat, both at the physical and logical levels. During the past 5-trading sessions, ECRY gained 144.1% with daily average trading volumes of 5.9 million shares, while the stock accumulated 155.4% gain during the past one month with daily average trading volumes of 1.0 million shares. The stock is up 141.5% year-to-date.

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Top Canadian Gainer

MCW Energy Group Ltd (TSXV: MCW), engaged in the business of distributing gasoline and diesel fuel to service stations in southern California and oil sands extraction in Utah was the top sector gainer after gaining 51.6% and closed at C$1.41 Friday, while recording significant trading volumes of 256,960 shares. MCW broke its key technical resistance levels of 50-Day and 200-Day DMAs at C$0.97 & C$1.05 respectively. Recently MCW announced the publication of MCW’s average production costs by the current issue of Bloomberg’s business week magazine, which focused on MCW’s average production cost of $38.00 USD per barrel as compared to the current average production cost of Alberta crude at $75.00 USD per barrel which is attributable to efficient and proprietary extraction technology of MCW. During the past 5-trading sessions, MCW gained 48.4% with daily average trading volumes of 78,726 shares, while the stock accumulated 39.6% gain during the past one month with daily average trading volumes of 22,020 shares. The stock is up 18.5% year-to-date.

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